Woman driver in fatal crash was sending text messages on her mobile phone
By Dusan Belic on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 12:46 PM PST In General
We won’t get tired of reminding everyone they shouldn’t text and drive.
According to the California Highway Patrol, a woman who crashed into a line of cars at a construction site in Shasta County and killed another driver was sending text messages on her mobile phone at the time.
Those who don’t remember — or not live in California and don’t know about this accident — the 48-year-old Deborah Matis-Engle of Shingletown was driving 66 mph and text-messaging just before the crash in August.
She crashed into the car of 46-year-old Petra Monika Winn at the construction zone, just east of Redding on Highway 44. Rescue crews were unable to pull Winn from the burning wreckage…
[Via: textually.org]
